§ Mr. Mike Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what would be the cost to public funds of waiving 711W prescription charges on all prescriptions for generic drugs, assuming (a) the present pattern of prescribing did not change and (b) all subsequent prescriptions for drugs available in generic form were written for the generic drug, respectively.
§ Mr. MoyleI shall write to my hon. Friend as soon as the existing estimates can be updated to reflect current prescribing patterns.